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Art Recs for ja_bucc
Jun. 26th, 2012 04:45 pmA little while ago, we talked about me reccing some art books for the kidling, so--
Individual Artist Collections:
The Magic Pen of Joseph Clement Coll
A turn-of-the-century newspaper and book illustrator with a keen eye for capturing emotion and facial detail.
Alex Toth: Black and White
A collection of Alex Toth's inks, ranging from his work on Zorro and Terry and the Pirates to commissions and TV design sketches. Better for the cartooning end of things. Some raunchy material, but no outright sexual content that I recall.
Bernie Wrightson's Frankenstein
Shelley's novel accompanied by Wrightson's fantastic inks. Like Clement Coll, a much stronger leaning towards hyper-realism.
Anatomy:
Anatomy: A Complete Guide for Artists, by Joseph Sheppard
Very thorough, including how muscles and ligaments attach and move underneath the skin.
Dynamic Anatomy, by Burne Hogarth
More exploration of skin as planes and spheres reacting to the environment, rather than as having underlying machanics. Very good for people who like to build their drawings up from base shapes. Features lots of facial portrait studies.
How to Draw the Human Figure: An Anatomical Approach, by Louise Gordon
A good beginner's book, and a good intermediary between hard medical anatomy and surface-only books. Has some nice focus on hands and feet, and has a nice look at turn-arounds.
I'll probably make another post with more, when I can think of what else to add.
Individual Artist Collections:
The Magic Pen of Joseph Clement Coll
A turn-of-the-century newspaper and book illustrator with a keen eye for capturing emotion and facial detail.
Alex Toth: Black and White
A collection of Alex Toth's inks, ranging from his work on Zorro and Terry and the Pirates to commissions and TV design sketches. Better for the cartooning end of things. Some raunchy material, but no outright sexual content that I recall.
Bernie Wrightson's Frankenstein
Shelley's novel accompanied by Wrightson's fantastic inks. Like Clement Coll, a much stronger leaning towards hyper-realism.
Anatomy:
Anatomy: A Complete Guide for Artists, by Joseph Sheppard
Very thorough, including how muscles and ligaments attach and move underneath the skin.
Dynamic Anatomy, by Burne Hogarth
More exploration of skin as planes and spheres reacting to the environment, rather than as having underlying machanics. Very good for people who like to build their drawings up from base shapes. Features lots of facial portrait studies.
How to Draw the Human Figure: An Anatomical Approach, by Louise Gordon
A good beginner's book, and a good intermediary between hard medical anatomy and surface-only books. Has some nice focus on hands and feet, and has a nice look at turn-arounds.
I'll probably make another post with more, when I can think of what else to add.
